Join us; snacks and beverages provided. This series began in October, 2018

Study Group – SUNDAY MORNING

8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Sunday before Worship

in Fellowship Hall Classroom, lower level of the church

please check the church bulletin for next class.

Book Club – FRIDAY EVENING

Look for information on our next Book Club meeting soon….

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Our Last Book:

The Color of Law – A Forgotten History of how our Government Segregated America

By Richard Rothstein

This “powerful and disturbing history” exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide (New York Times Book Review).

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation—that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, The Color of Law incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation—the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments—that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day.

One of Publishers Weekly’s 10 Best Books of 2017Longlisted for the National Book Award

“Rothstein’s work should make everyone, all across the political spectrum, reconsider what it is we allow those in power to do in the name of ‘social harmony’ and ‘progress’ with more skepticism…The Color of Law shows what happens when Americans lose their natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or in the case of African-Americans, when there are those still waiting to receive them in full.” — Carl Paulus, American Conservative

Through meticulous research and powerful human stories, Rothstein reveals a history of racism hiding in plain sight and compels us to confront the consequences of the intentional, decades-long governmental policies that created a segregated America.” — Sherrilyn A. Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund